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A 44-year-old male presented to the clinic with the following symptoms: lower extremity edema, blood pressure 180/110, and extreme fatigue.

A serum sample was collected from the patient & the following lab results were obtained:

What is the most likely diagnosis?

• Liver failure

• Kidney failure

• celiac disease

• Pancreatitis

From the previous case, What do you expect the Parathyroid hormone level to be?

• High

• low

• Normal

Answer explanation

High to compensate low levels of calcium

What is the most likely cause of this patient’s anemia?

• Decrease in erythropoietin hormone

• inactivation of 1, 25 dihydroxycholycalciferol

• Decrease in PTH

• Low protein diet

Answer explanation

RBCs are formed in the bone marrow under the influence of the erythropoietin hormone produced by the kidney.

This patient is advised to eat:

• Ca rich diet

• K rich diet

• Na rich diet

• bananas, tomatoes and peach

-Lower limb edema can be due to

• Hyperproteinemia

• Hypoproteinemia

The most abundant plasma protein

• Albumin

• Fibrinogen

• Globulin

• Fibrin

In protein electrophoresis we expect to see........at the cathode

• Albumin

• Beta globulin

• Alpha globulin

• Gamma Globulin

Which of the following acts as a carrier for iron

• Transcortin

• Hepatoglobin

• Transferrin

• Albumin

Increase in case of any stressful conditions as (You can choose more than one answer)

• Fibrin

• alpha-one anti-trypsin

• Albumin

• c-reactive proteins

In protein electrophoresis, we use:

• Serum sample

• Plasma sample